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I though the 4D chess explanation was that he bought it (was forced to buy it by courts) because he was entering politics and wanted to be able to ensure the deaths of half a million children in Africa:

https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=inte...

It looks like he succeeded wildly at that.

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There is a better 4D chess explanation of why Alon bought twitter and i hate to bring it.

When he bought it, right wing publications all over world got excited because twitter was the global / official communications channel for alot of entities and largely considered left leaning. When your plan is to disrupt that bubble and amplify right leaning narratives (he helped trump1 getting elected with it), you better cover your tracks and make that purchase look like an accident.

I think this is spot on. Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be King, king ain't satisfied till he rules everything.

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